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Go deeper with these carefully curated collections of fruit and veggie stories.

Healthy Menu Ideas for Winter: Menu 17

This healthy menu is based on a daily 2,000 calorie recommendation. Depending on your age, sex, and physical activity level, your calorie recommendation may va…
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Try Healthy, Homemade Gifts this Year

I usually find the most difficult gifts are the little ones–hostess gifts, something for the kids’ teachers, etc.  I get tired of doing the usual…
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Fruit Juice, Arsenic and Calories

Dec 5, 2011 – Drinking the recommended amount of 100% juice is a healthy part of an overall health and weight management plan. In September 2011, Mehmet…
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Cooking with Cardoon

Resembling thick, wide, spiny greenish-grey orgreenish-ivory celery stalks with prickly leaves, cardoon (sometimes called cardone or cardi) is popular in Medit…
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Healthy Menu Ideas for Winter: Menu 15

This healthy menu is based on a daily 2,000 calorie recommendation. Depending on your age, sex, and physical activity level, your calorie recommendation may va…
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30-Minute Pumpkin Soup

This is a perfect soup for cool fall and winter evenings. It’s slightly spicy and a perfect complement to grilled sandwiches. Try it with provolone and prosc…
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Warm Apple-Onion Slaw

Attractive and delicious, this combination of onions, purple cabbage (a little sweeter than green) and apples makes a perfect fall or winter side dish.…
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Spinach & Orange Salad

This is a very simple salad that’s great all year long, especially in winter when citrus fruits are in season. Preparation Time: 10 minutes…
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